cotyloid
English
Etymology
cotyle + -oid
Adjective
cotyloid (comparative more cotyloid, superlative most cotyloid)
- (anatomy) Shaped like a cup.
- the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thighbone
- (anatomy) Relating to a cotyloid cavity.
- the cotyloid ligament, or notch
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cotyloid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)